Bus Driver Kills FRSC Official, Motorist In Ondo

On the Sagamu-Ore-Benin highway, Abdulkareem Ojonla Jimoh, a Federal Road Safety Corps member, was killed by the driver of an 18-seater passenger bus.

The bus driver, whose white Toyota Hiace Bus with registration number NEM 618 AA allegedly crushed the FRSC officer, also ran over a motorist whose papers were being scrutinized by road safety authorities.

The incident occurred a few meters from the Ajebandele bridge before the military checkpoint, according to Lasisi Ogundele, the FRSC’s commander for the Sagamu-Benin corridor.

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According to Ogundele, the bus driver caused the collision after his vehicle experienced brake failure while traveling from the Sagamu end of the route.

“The marshal was seriously injured and died on the way to the hospital,” Ogundele said, “while the suspected traffic offender, who also sustained serious injury, was rushed to Glory Field Hospital, Ajebandele, and later taken to General Hospital Ore, where he died.”

The deceased have been deposited at a morgue in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of the state, according to Ogundele, who added that the incident has been reported to the police.